Memorial Day Sale!

So stoked that a long weekend is coming up!!  The first week of June is probably my favorite time of year, lots of family birthdays, super long days, and it's finally almost summer.  On that note, I decided to celebrate and have an etsy sale! Now's your chance to grab some last minute grad gifts, all napkin sets and wine bags are 31% off and all dolls will ship free on purchases made Thursday May 27th through Monday May 31st.  Check out the store to do some shopping.

I'm so excited for my new Halloween line!  I'm hoping to start putting items in the shop early September.  They'll also be available in store, I'll list the info as soon as I have all the details.  We've been working hard and have really broadened our range of products.  I have learned SO MUCH in the past few months.  Lots of trial and error.  There is a huge pile of some really kind of hideous attempts in the studio, everybody needs a scrap pile, right?  There are some really fun things that came out quite nice though.  Really different new wine bags, table runners, place card holders, utensil holders, napkin rings, witch stockings, decorative blocks, etc., etc.  I'll start posting some teasers here shortly.

In the meantime, Barney licking a fish. I never thought I'd be one of those crazy dog people, then I bought a boxer. =)

Stockings, stockings, stockings!

I've been super busy making stockings and haven't had a chance to get to any of the clothespin dolls.  Sunday was eaten up by a little excursion to get the best Christmas present ever that ended up being about an 8 hour trip. So worth it though.  After Christmas I'll post a pic, no hints just in case the lucky recipient is reading.=)

I did get a new batch of stockings finished and will have them listed by this evening, as well as a new wine bag.  New bag designs are in the works, a little different than the ones listed, they'll be posted by Saturday night.

Erik, being the great display maker that he  is, went all out last night after bringing out all the tubs of decorations.  I don't even try to help.  He gets in the zone and I would really just be a hindrence.  Last year Erik's mom brought us giant plastic bins of things she had left over, it really was amazing.  I'd never seen so many cool Christmas decorations.  Our living room looks like an Anna Lee Elf bomb went off.

We also went all out with the tree.  We got the biggest one we thought we could fit in the house.  Somehow the two of us got it up the stairs.  I think it weighed 200 lbs.

So tonight is tree trimming time! We have some really cool new ornaments we got over Thanksgiving.  So exciting!

Will post pics tonight!

View from the Balcony

There's been a serious lack of posting the past couple weeks.  I was considerably lucky the week before I left for the honeymoon in that the Craft Fair was a "great success" in Borat terms, and the nice people at Etsy put me on 2 gift guides which is so awesome and finally got my sales into the double digits.  I think I slept about 10 hours all week.  Then we left for the Honeymoon on Thursday night.  

Since last year they've added free WiFi, so I've been able to check on things which is totally fine since the husband is surfing all morning anyway.  We've made a couple of trips to Barnes & Noble, had a really nice day laying out an reading, and yesterday hiked a  new trail they built along the coast.  It happened to be a little longer of a trail than we thought, and it also happens to be pretty windy and rainy up north, and we got caught in an almost torrential downpour. No problem, we warmed up by getting in the water at the beach at the end of the trail.  Seriously, the water is that warm this year.  I was in serious need of a burger (I only eat burgers about once every year or two.  The last time was when we ran the Rock & Roll marathon.  When I need one,  I need one.)  We found the only place around that was open, and got some apps and aforementioned burger, then decided to run all the way back.  A serious adventure, but that has been an integral part of our relationship from the beginning.  We really should try out for the Amazing Race.

So things are great here.  It's already halfway over, I can't believe it.  Then we go home for 4 days, and off to the Pacific Northwest for Thanksgiving, always a fun trip.  Then it's back to serious work.  I'm going to try to get as much done as possible the first week of December seeing as USPS first class Christmas deadline is Dec. 11.  I'm hoping to have a few more designs/products up by Dec. 6.  Aloha!

B&B Featured in Etsy Gift Guides!

One of my wine bags was just featured in Etsy's Hostess Gifts gift guide, along with some other really cool gifts, check it out here:



Hooray!